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This is Ottawa

This is Ottawa

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What would it take to make the Rideau Canal swimmable? Where do you go to find love in Ottawa when you've given up on online dating? Every week, host Robyn Bresnahan seeks out people to answer one question about the city we love. New episodes every Monday.

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Episodes
  • Wazzup Witches! The Ottawans making a living off witchcraft

    Wazzup Witches! The Ottawans making a living off witchcraft
    Oct 27 2025

    Fancy a new career? Ever considered witchcraft? Robyn Bresnahan meets three Ottawa witches, including the owner of a shop in the Glebe where business is brooming and a tea leaf reader who is thrilled that witches are having their hour.

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    23 mins
  • Why can't the police stop street racing in Ottawa?

    Why can't the police stop street racing in Ottawa?
    Oct 20 2025

    Street racing is dangerous and illegal. Yet in neighbourhoods across the city, residents are woken up by the revving of engines and screeching of tires. Robyn Bresnahan speaks to a former street racer who drove “without any concerns or worries of others” - and to an officer who explains why these speedsters are so hard to nab.
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    16 mins
  • The school shooting that shocked Ottawa 50 years ago

    The school shooting that shocked Ottawa 50 years ago
    Oct 13 2025

    In October 1975, an 18-year-old student walked into an Ottawa high school -- spraying bullets into a classroom -- then killing himself. CBC Reporter Guy Quenneville dug through archives and interviewed dozens of people -- including those who survived that day. Robyn Bresnahan talks to Guy about how that school shooting resonates half a century later.
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    20 mins
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